What is a working person?

The government has promised not to raise taxes on “working people” in this Wednesday’s Budget.

However, with the big day looming, it still isn’t clear exactly what this means, who Chancellor Rachel Reeves will protect, or who will get a Halloween shock.

So what have Labour ministers defined as a working person?

The UK’s working people “know exactly who they are,” according to Sir Keir on Monday, who pledged to “protect their payslips”.

Last week, he went into more detail, defining it as someone who “goes out and earns their living, usually paid in a sort of monthly cheque” and who can’t “write a cheque to get out of difficulties.”

He was asked last week whether those who work – but get additional income from assets such as shares or property – would count as working people.

They “wouldn’t come within my definition,” he said.

Speaking afterwards, Sir Keir’s spokesman clarified that those…